Test your basic knowledge |

Plate Tectonics

Subject : science
Instructions:
  • Answer 24 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The solid - outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle






2. The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass - broke up - and drifted to their present locations






3. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally






4. The bending of rock layers due to stress






5. A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid - outermost part of the mantle






6. NOT a type of tectonic plate boundary






7. Stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object






8. The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle






9. Stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object






10. The boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates






11. Opposing forces cause rock to break and move horizontally






12. A fault in which the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall






13. The central part of the Earth below the mantle






14. The theory that earth is divided into plates that move around






15. The strong - lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core






16. The layer of rock between the earth's crust and core






17. Mountains that form when magma erupts onto Earth's surface.






18. Form when tension causes large blocks of rock to drop down in relation to other rocks. Tilting of rock layers can occur as tension pulls the rock layers apart.






19. The process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises toward the surface and solidifies






20. A fault in which the hanging wall moves up relative to the foot wall






21. When rock layers are squeezed together and pushed upward.






22. A break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another






23. The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats






24. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other